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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2608
ANSWERED ON 04.08.2026
DIRECT AND INDIRECT JOBS IN HEAVY INDUSTRIES
2608. DR. M K VISHNU PRASAD:
Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has assessed the decline in employment opportunities in the
manufacturing sector and heavy industry sector despite initiatives to promote domestic
manufacturing;
(b) the details of number of direct and indirect jobs created in the heavy industries sector during the
last five years, State wise;
(c) whether the Government proposes new industrial projects in economically backward regions; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES
(SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA)
(a) & (b): Since, Industry is a State Subject as per the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of
India, the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) does not maintain any centralized data on number
of direct and indirect jobs created in the heavy industries in any part of the country.
However, the Ministry of Heavy Industries administers two Schemes namely the National
Programme on Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) Battery Storage, and the Production Linked
Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Automobile and Auto Component Industry (PLI-Auto) notified on
09.06.2021 and 23.09.2021 respectively. The year-wise data regarding employment generated
under the Schemes as reported by the beneficiaries is as under:-
Employment generated
Total
Name of Scheme 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 (Scheme
Wise)
Production Linked Incentive
(PLI) Scheme for Automobile
7,177 11,909 11,416 14,485 22,833 67,820
and Auto Component Industry
(PLI-Auto)
National Programme on
Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) - 404 214 222 405 1,245
Battery Storage
Total (year wise) 7,177 12,313 11,630 14,707 23,238 69,065
(c): There is no such proposal with this Ministry.
(d): Does not arise.
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